2 workers fall to death from 14th floor at a Greater Noida society

Greater Noida: Two construction workers died after falling from the 14th floor of a Greater Noida West high-rise on Saturday, police said

Greater Noida: Two construction workers died after falling from the 14th floor of a Greater Noida West high-rise on Saturday, police said.

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The incident occurred at Amrapali Golf Homes when the two men were carrying out construction-related work, police added.

“According to workers at a nearby building, the incident occurred around 4pm. The two men were working on the 14th floor when their legs slipped. They were not wearing their safety belts properly, so they fell,” said a police officer, requesting anonymity.

The two sustained serious injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared them dead during treatment, officials added.

The deceased were identified as Inaam Sarkar, 19, and Jamal Sheikh, 45, both natives of West Bengal’s Cooch Behar, police said. A complaint was registered by Sheikh’s wife.

“A case has been registered against the contractor under Section 105 (punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita,” additional deputy commissioner of police (Central Noida) Swatantra Kumar Singh told HT.

HT contacted Amrapali Golf Homes’ official number for a comment; there was no response.

On June 11, in a similar case, two workers died after falling from the 37th floor of an under-construction high-rise building in Noida’s Sector 152 when the shuttering they were standing on collapsed and their safety belts gave way, police said.